Improvement in buttons



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JOHN R. SPOONER, O'F LOWEL-Ii,01110.l

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p `Be it lin-own that -I, JOHN R. Srooxsn, of LowelL-in the oounty of Washington, end State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Button-Fastening; and I do hereby declare the vfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the seme rsufcient to enable one skilled in the art to which Vtho invention apperteins te make use of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and Vin Figure 1 is e top view.

Figure 2 is elongtudinel section.

The object of my invention is to construct a fastening by means lot' which to 'attach buttons to clothes without settingA them to the clothes, and in such a manner that, while the button cannot he torn from the garment by force, it'may yet be easily remo'ved st 4any time for convenience in washing, kc. To accomplish this purpose, Icnt out with a die suitable strips of metal from a thin metallic sheet, and bend these strips ist the middlemntil the ends nearly touch ench other. The proper temper is then given to these stripe, so thnt i they will retain the shape thus received, end if forced from it, by bending or unhonding them, will, by their elssticity, resume this shapewhen the-force is removed. The strip wh'en thus bent is distinctly shown in Eg. 2v

by A and A', the upper and lower plates of thc fastening. Previously to bending the strip, however, Ipese it under s. die, which .punches each end ofit, so as to' produce a number of teeth, a a a a a, the teeth having an inclination towards the centre of the strip, and being smell triangular pieces of the sheet metal cut on two sides, and attached by the third side to the plate. The inclination of' these teeth is well shown in 5g. l, a a a, in tig. 2, representing their shape and relative position. They may be nrrnnged in rows crossing .esch other at right angles, as shown' in the drawing, or, which is perhaps better, in quincunx order, which willv ndmit of n larger number of teeth on each plate, and will also hold tne cloth more rmly. B represents the button which it is designed to Jattach to the garment. il l- The-operation of-a fastening thus constructed is obvious at n glance, and is simply the plscing of the edge of the clothbetwecn the two plates A and A', when the teeth a a a a will take hold of it, and will .not rolsx their hold until the plates nre'sprnng npsrt and, the cloth is liberated by the hond. y

The merits of this invention ere-as obvious as its operation. It'dispenses with the sewing onlof buttons.l `It is simple and economical, and not liable to getout of order. It can he attached or `removed in an instant.

A simple set of buttons and festenings maybe used for seversl garments. If the fastening is mndeof steel and plated with gold or silver, as I propose to make` it,vthere will be no rusting to dieiignre the garment. When adjusted it retains 'its place rmly wi'thout'fretting the cloth, the latter being pressed up through the holes fiom which the'teoth were punched. It can be used on the nest linen shirt'without injury, and, if properly made, is capable'of becoming s beautiful ornament to the garment.

Having thns described iny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Potent, ie-

`The button-fastening above described, composed of the bent plate A A', heving. the teeth a a a a and the button B attached to it, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN SPOONER.

Witnesses:

A. B. Cnam, D. Sroozun. 

